Engineered bacteria speed rock weathering for carbon removal
Weathering rocks naturally pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but the process is too slow to make…
Scientists found the sweet spot for dumping iron into the ocean
The planet’s oceans are an ally for fighting climate change. They absorb about a third of all human-generated…
Trees May Not Slow Climate Change as Much as Scientists Thought
Ecologists and climate researchers have sometimes called it “natural geoengineering.” The idea is elegant in its simplicity: A forest…
Carbon Markets Just Had Their Most Important Moment in Years
For much of the past decade, carbon credits have suffered from a credibility problem. Critics called them greenwashing,…
Food Waste Becomes a Powerful Carbon Trap in Climate Breakthrough
Still life featuring protein beads loaded with potassium hydroxide. The porous material acts as a sponge for CO2.…
Forget Expensive Carbon Capture—Renewables Are the Cheaper Climate Fix
To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the global community must rapidly transition to renewable energy while…
Ancient method makes gas-trapping glass easier to shape at lower heat
Scientists have found a way to make a new class of gas-trapping glass easier to manufacture by borrowing…
Can recycled lab gloves capture carbon dioxide?
The world is facing a climate crisis and a plastic waste crisis. Aarhus University chemist Troels Skrydstrup…
Ocean geoengineering trial finds no evidence of harm to marine life
Alkaline sodium hydroxide was dumped into the Gulf of Maine to test its effect on carbon uptake and…
There’s a simple way to fix the economics of carbon capture
“Decarbonized oil” has become the latest rage-bait in the climate debate. It doesn’t need to be. In fact,…
Threat to Global Climate Goals
Japan and South Korea, for instance, are bankrolling CCS-linked hydrogen and ammonia ventures across Asia, even as renewables…
Coffee and plastic waste transformed into carbon capture material
A newly patented technology has been designed to achieve two major environmental goals: capture carbon dioxide from industrial…